Mellen - Test drilling could begin by the end of next month at the location of a proposed iron mine in northwestern Wisconsin. Gogebic Taconite president Bill Williams says the company plans to bore 13 holes at the site in Ashland and Iron counties. It would be the first work for Gogebic since the state mining law was passed earlier this month.Ann Coakley is a mining regulator with the Department of Natural Resources.
She says state inspectors will review the possible environmental impact of the drilling.Williams says the company is also expected to dig up large quantities of rock later this year for analysis. The new law says an applicant has to wait a year after the rock analysis to submit a mining application.(Copyright 2013 Associated Press - All Rights Reserved)